Payroll (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. a list of employees to be paid, with the amount due to each.
  2. the sum total of these amounts.
  3. the actual money on hand for distribution: The bandits got away with the payroll.
  4. the total number of people employed by a business firm or organization.
verb (used with object)
  1. to fund or subsidize: to be payrolled by the State Department.
noun
  1. a list of employees, specifying the salary or wage of each
    • the total of these amounts or the actual money equivalent
    • (as modifier)
Payroll (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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